Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

Wow, did we have a great weekend! It was SO much fun! We had a great time visiting with family and friends, and Brodie and Naomi spending time with family too :)

We got to Ellsworth Wednesday night. Brodie slept with Nana & Grandpa and Naomi slept with Auntie Eden. Ben and I slept in the bedroom downstairs, just the two of us and it was very nice. We were able to have uninterrupted sleep, which hasn't happened in awhile! :)

Thursday, on Thanksgiving, we went to Salina to visit my family and then that evening we were in Ellsworth. There was SO much food all day!

That night/morning, Eden and I went to check out some Black Friday deals. We left Ellsworth at about 11:30pm and got home at about 6:45am. We got some deals all right, haha I didn't wake up until about 5 that evening and then went to bed early too. Got most of the Christmas shopping done though! :)

Saturday was the Kruger family reunion! It was SO much fun! Bro got to meet some of his cousins and run and play around with them! It was so cute watching Bro and Braden Kruger playing. At first they would kind of take the toys away from each other and then they both cried, but then they got over it. When we were at the country club, Bro would lay his pillow down and Braden would pick it up and play with it, and he'd run around as if he were looking for Bro. It was cute! :)

Sunday Bro got a haircut and then we headed home. It was a great holiday, but I was glad when we got home. I was also super glad that we put up all of our Christmas decorations before we left so we didn't have to deal with it when we got back! :)

Oh and yesterday, I stayed home with Brodie and took him to the doctor because he has a cough. It's not just a little cough, it sounds pretty deep. But, the doctor said it was nothing, that people cough. He wasn't running a fever, not acting sick, no ear infections. Just a cough. But they did give him his second flu shot. I loved spending the day just him and I. We watched TV, got some Chick-fil-a on the way back from the doctor's. We cuddled on the couch. And he weighs in at 28 pounds. They didn't measure him, just took his weight. :)

Last night and the night before he slept in our bed too. But tonight he's sleeping in his! At daycare today Wanda said that he was really good, only had a couple fits. She said whatever we did/gave him, we need to do it more often! haha ;) I think he just needs more Mommy/Brodie days :)

OH, while we were in Ellsworth Brodie slept in Eden's old bed by himself two nights in a row! They turned the TV on and he just laid up there, pulled the blankets over himself and went to bed :) Growing up so fast. We tried converting his crib to a big boy bed but Ben couldn't figure it out, so we'll have to find the directions.

Anyway, we had a lovely time over the holiday and it was so great to see all the wonderful family. We are very blessed to have such amazing, loving people in our lives and our children's lives. Love you all! I'll post pictures in another post :)

Monday, November 15, 2010

Almost Thanksgiving

Next week is Thanksgiving and I couldn't be more excited! Excited to see family, to eat delicious food, and (maybe get the chance) to sleep in! ;)

I love this time of year-Halloween through New Years! It's so festive and wonderful! Always puts me in a good mood!

I've already got the kids some Christmas gifts too! I know they'll love them :) We still have some more shopping to do for them, but we have plenty of time between now and Christmas!

I've also already put up Christmas decorations. Brodie likes staring at the gold garland I have hanging above a picture frame in the living room. I don't have the tree up yet. And I just put up the stockings Saturday because I had stuff to fill them. We still need to get little Nomi a stocking.

We're not going back to Salina & Ellsworth for Christmas this year. We're going to start our own Christmas traditions this year. I'm pretty excited! Going to teach Brodie and Naomi to set out some cookies for "Santa" and a glass of milk, and even some snacks for the reindeer ;) And I can't wait to bring Brodie down that Christmas morning and have him see the gifts "Santa" left him and Noms! Nana, Grandpa, and Auntie Eden will be coming to spend Christmas with us too! It's going to be a lot of fun.

When I get home tonight I need to make Naomi's "First Thanksgiving" shirt, kind of similar to that I made Brodie last year. I doubt I'll be able to get her hand print though. So I might just use her little feet :)

Can't wait to see everyone, and I'm sure everyone can't wait to see the kids!! (And us, of course right?! Right? haha)

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Happy 3 month birthday Nomi Maxine!!



Happy 3 month birthday little princess!

Our littlest Gwinner is 3 months old today. WOW! She's doing so much now too! Yesterday was the first time that I've seen her roll from her back to her tummy. However, Ben's seen her do it and our sitter, Wanda, has seen her do it! They each said they've seen her roll from her tummy to back too. I haven't seen that yet, guess she doesn't want Mama to see her new tricks ;)

The other night Ben was playing with Nomi while I was upstairs giving Bro a bath. He said that she was scooting on her tummy! I have a feeling she'll be crawling sooner because she's always trying to move somewhere when she's laying down!

She's also a side sleeper. LOVES sleeping on her side. We'll lay her in her crib and she'll go to her side with her arms over her face. :)

She's smiling SOOOOO much!! Her gummy-smiles are SOOOO sweet!!! Love them! She definitely loves her big brother, always watching him and smiling at him. I love it!

Naomi also likes sitting up! She can't sit up by herself yet, we prop her up. But she still loves it, and really likes looking around.

She's such a good baby! Brodie was too, and then he turned into a toddler ;) haha! So I'm sure we'll have our hands full when she becomes a walking/talking toddler too! :)

Sleeping at night is still the same, waking up one-two times a night. She always, always wakes up between 5:15-5:30am every morning. No matter if she wakes up before that to feed or not. Always between those times. She'll eat and then go back to sleep, long enough for me to get ready and get Bro ready for the day. Ben brings her downstairs and gets her ready :)

Naomi is such a joy to have in our family. Sometimes it's still unbelievable that we have two babies! With Brodie, his first year went by fast but with Naomi, it's going by even faster!! Soon Brodie will be 2 and four months later she'll be 1! It's all going to go by so fast! Are you ready?? We are!! hehe :)

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The littlest Grinny-Gwinny :)

Too cute for words, this face melts my heart. Love this little girl. So blessed to be her mother :)



3D picture from 29 weeks

3D picture from 29 weeks
* Sucking his thumb *